The complete interviews with interfaith theologians, about Martin Luther and the circumstances leading up to his posting of the 95 Theses in Wittenberg, Germany. These interviews are excerpted into the documentary “95 Theses” that commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation's symbolic start. Visit: 95thesesfilm.com

CHAPTER INDEX00:00 Getting back into a state of grace, after baptism. // Penance = sorrow + private confession + works of satisfaction04:46 There’s only one exit: to Heaven. // Purgatory11:19 Being indulgent. // How to reduce the sentence of your mortal sin17:56 Who was Tetzel? // Commissioner of indulgences24:38 Luther preached an indulgence! // In the City of Wittenberg27:34 The Erasmus translation: “do penance” really means a change of heart and mind. // Luther’s epiphany30:16 Merely obeying an academic policy. // The posting of the 95 Theses35:46 The organization of the 95 Theses. // More than just a random document37:48 The “best of” the 95 Theses. // The first is the most important39:54 The letter to the Archbishop . . . and to us 500 years later. // On bad preaching, and the indulgence of “prosperity gospel” today48:07 Luther’s printed Sermon on Indulgences (not the 95 Theses) made him famous. // The world’s first best-selling author51:26 Luther’s artist friends: Reformation partners // Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Junior)54:49 The Arab Spring and creation of a “public.” // Information superhighway . . . to the self?1:02:57 The plaster saint’s big problem. // Luther and Judaism1:10:24 “Music is, next to theology, the greatest gift to human beings.” // Luther and music1:13:18 What is at the heart and soul of the 95 Theses? // Who we are, and who God is

This is the complete, uncut interview with Timothy Wengert, Ph.D. of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, describing the events leading up to Martin Luther's posting of the 95 Theses that are being commemorated 500 years later this year on October 31, 2017. This footage will be incorporated into the documentary "95 Theses" coming October 31, 2017. For more information, visit: 95thesesfilm.com

CHAPTER INDEX00:00 The penitential system. // Luther’s existential crisis03:25 Purgatory’s cash transaction. // Getting “cleaned up for Heaven”05:48 Art and war are expensive. // Filling the coffers08:44 “Every time a coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs!” // Tetzel’s sales pitch10:13 95 Theses: sarcasm and rhetoric. // The symbolic start of the Reformation15:02 Thesis I: “When...Christ said, ‘Repent,’ he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” // An attitude of mind17:45 Luther had already been a radical. But his 95 Theses struck a chord. // Follow the money21:48 On the value of medieval cathedrals. // Built to outlast23:11 Hanging out with Luther. // What tormented him?25:37 A love letter . . . on indigestion, and finding God in pubs. // Luther and beer27:21 A less racial, but still prejudicial, anomaly. // Luther’s “anti-Judaism”30:06 What is the effect of the Reformation today? // The sacred becomes secular33:38 500 years later: What would Luther see? // Indulgences today

This is the complete, uncut interview with Prof. Carl Trueman, Ph.D. at Westminster Theological Seminary, offering a Reformed/Presbyterian perspective on Martin Luther and the symbolic 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. This footage will be incorporated into the documentary "95 Theses" coming October 31, 2017. For more information, visit: 95thesesfilm.com

CHAPTER INDEX00:00 The problem for penance: mortal sin. // Restoring a state of love03:13 Purgatory. // Overcoming “a murderousness in your heart”05:19 Indulgences. // Buying a reduced sentence from purgatory07:29 The 95 Theses. // Origin story, and the world’s first viral campaign10:42 They couldn’t get rid of this heretic. // How Martin Luther pulled it off13:36 Thesis I: “When...Christ said, ‘Repent,’ he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” // Martin Luther’s “terrified conscience”18:40 If Luther were here today... // Performance anxiety and the Christian life: my neighbor, not myself22:36 “There’s no one I’m more suspicious of, than someone who wants to change the world.” // Martin Luther’s Two Kingdoms24:52 “Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.” – Martin Luther27:07 Information technology, then and now. // It wasn’t always about us30:02 Luther the insomniac. // Anfechtungen32:44 Luther the anti-Semite. // There’s no getting around it36:05 What makes this guy matter in 2017? // 500 years later

This is the complete, uncut interview with Prof. Phillip Cary, Ph.D. at Eastern University, offering an Anglican perspective on Martin Luther and the symbolic 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. This footage will be incorporated into the documentary "95 Theses" coming October 31, 2017. For more information, visit: 95thesesfilm.com

CHAPTER INDEX00:00 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” (Matthew 5:8) // What does this mean?04:42 Justification. Sanctification. Grace. // How do we get into Heaven?11:24 Purgatory. Indulgences. // Salvation gets a bit more complicated19:23 “The Pope holds the keys to the kingdom.” // Interpreting Matthew 16 (and 18)20:44 Confession. // Temporal consequences & punishment23:58 Sola scriptura. // What is the scriptural basis for Catholic confession and purgatory?27:18 Money and the Reformation. // Was St. Peter's Basilica worth it?30:21 Facing East: the Orthodox Church. // Toward greater harmony32:34 Internet 0.9b: The Gutenberg Press. // Information technology for the masses39:10 Thesis I: “When...Christ said, ‘Repent,’ he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” // Medieval times, past and present43:27 “From Conflict to Communion.” // Protestants and Catholics: overcoming Reformation divides (as far as possible)50:07 Anfechtungen. // It means “temptation,” “trial,” “affliction,” “tribulation” – or: best left untranslated

This is the complete, uncut interview with Prof. Michael Root, Ph.D. at Catholic University of America, offering a Catholic perspective on Martin Luther and the symbolic 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. This footage will be incorporated into the documentary "95 Theses" coming October 31, 2017. For more information, visit: 95thesesfilm.com

CHAPTER INDEX0:00 Technology and revolution. // Martin Luther would be proud2:47 Wittenberg Meets the World. // Reimagining the Reformation at the margins5:30 A shift in attitudes for our time. // Undocumented immigrants7:49 Interview the mother taking care of her children. Interview the children playing on the streets. // A post-colonial opportunity9:26 Pluralism. // Demographic cataclysm and white anxiety11:44 Michael King became Martin Luther King, and the rest is history. // The Reformation planted the seeds for the civil rights movement in America16:56 Dialogue. // Resolving differences today21:44 Idolatry. // Of goods and gods23:48 A community chest, locked shut. // Indulgences today28:45 D-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-Y. // The community effect of having values and being valued32:56 The Reformation, and Protestant triumphalism. // Commemorating a “tragic necessity”34:29 Diakonia. // Between mercy and service37:06 Long-term, sustainable development. // True relief = diakonia38:35 Thesis I: “When...Christ said, ‘Repent,’ he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” // An attitude of mind41:54 Depression. // Haves and have nots43:04 True joy: set free to serve others // Incurvatus in se ipsum

This is the complete, uncut interview with John Nunes, Ph.D., President of Concordia College Bronxville, offering insights about the impact and the concerns of the Protestant Reformation now, 500 years later. This footage will be incorporated into the documentary "95 Theses" coming October 31, 2017. For more information, visit: 95thesesfilm.com